2260: THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. [No. 53

Terms of Sale.

Cash: One-fifth of the purchase-money to be paid on the fall of the hammer, and the balance, with certificate-of-title fee (£1) and valuations for improvements, within thirty days thereafter.

Deferred Payments: The deposit of 5 per cent. of the purchase-price, together with £1 1s. (license fee) and valuation for improvements to be paid on the fall of the hammer.

The balance of the purchase-money, with interest thereon at the rate of 5½ per cent. per annum, to be paid by instalments extending over the period of 34½ years.

The licensee shall have the right at any time during the currency of his license to pay off either the whole of the purchase-money or any half-yearly instalment or instalments thereof then remaining unpaid.

Upon receipt of the final instalment the certificate of title in respect of the land purchased shall issue upon payment of the prescribed certificate-of-title fee.

If the purchaser fails to make any of the prescribed payments by due date the amount already paid shall be forfeited, and the contract for the sale shall be null and void.

The land is described for the general information of intending bidders, who are recommended, nevertheless, to make a personal inspection, as the Department is not responsible for the absolute accuracy of any description.

Full particulars may be obtained at this office.

K. M. GRAHAM,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

(L. and S. 9/2448.)

Land in Taranaki Land District for Selection on Renewable Lease.

District Lands and Survey Office,
New Plymouth, 22nd July, 1930.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned sections are open for selection on renewable lease under the Land Act, 1924; and applications will be received at the District Lands and Survey Office, New Plymouth, up to 4 o’clock p.m. on Monday, 25th August, 1930.

Applicants must appear personally before the Land Board for examination at the District Lands and Survey Office, New Plymouth, at 10.30 o’clock a.m., on Wednesday, 27th August, 1930, but if any applicant so desires he may be examined by the Land Board of any other district or by any Commissioner of Crown Lands.

The ballot will be held immediately upon conclusion of the examination of applicants.

Preference at the ballot will be given to landless applicants who have one or more children dependent on them; to landless applicants who within two years immediately preceding date of ballot have applied for land at least twice unsuccessfully; to applicants who have served beyond New Zealand as members of the Expeditionary Force; to persons engaged on military service beyond New Zealand in connection with the late war, if such persons immediately prior to the war were bona fide residents of New Zealand; and to applicants who, while domiciled in New Zealand, have served beyond New Zealand as members of any of His Majesty’s forces in connection with any war other than the war with Germany, and to landless applicants in respect of whom the Board, after taking into consideration the experience and skill of the applicants in farming operations, the proximity of their homes to the lands the subject-matter of the ballot, and any other relevant considerations, is of opinion that they should be entitled to preference equally with applicants of any of the hereinbefore specified classes.

SCHEDULE.

TARANAKI LAND DISTRICT.—SECOND-CLASS LAND.

Waitomo County.—Mapara Survey District.

SECTION 9, Block X: Area, 208 acres 1 rood. Capital value, £160. Half-yearly rent, £3 4s.

Weighted with £255, for improvements comprising dwelling, shed, cow-shed, approximately 145 chains fencing (in fair order), and about 50 acres worn-out pasture. This amount is payable in cash or by a cash deposit of £25, the balance being secured on instalment mortgage for twenty years at 5½ per cent. interest; half-yearly instalment, £9 11s. 2d.

Property is situated about four miles from Mangapehi Railway-station and school. Soil a light clay on sandstone formation. Fifty acres light bush and scrub, 50 acres worn-out pasture, 30 acres felled and grassed (but now reverted to second growth and ragwort); balance tea-tree hill country. About fifty acres are ploughable, some of which is rather stony.

ABSTRACT AND CONDITIONS OF LEASE.

1. Term of lease: Sixty-six years, with a perpetual right of renewal for further successive terms of sixty-six years.

2. Rent: 4 per cent. per annum on the capital value, payable on 1st January and 1st July in each year.

3. Applicants to be seventeen years of age and upwards.

4. Applicants to furnish statutory declaration with applications, and, on being declared successful, deposit £1 1s. (lease fee) and a half-year’s rent. Rent for the broken period between date of lease and 1st January or 1st July following is also payable.

5. Applications made on the same day are deemed to be simultaneous.

6. Order of selection is decided by ballot.

7. Successful applicant to execute lease within thirty days after being notified that it is ready for signature.

8. Residence is to commence within four years in bush land or swamp land, and within one year in open or partly open land, and to be continuous for ten years. Under certain conditions personal residence may be dispensed with.

9. Improvements.—Lessee is required to improve the land within one year to the value of 10 per cent. of the price; within two years to the value of another 10 per cent. of the price; and thereafter, but within six years, to the value of another 10 per cent. of the price. In addition to the foregoing, and within six years, improvements are also to be effected to the value of £1 for every acre of first-class land, 10s. for every acre of second-class land, and 2s. 6d. for every acre of third-class land.

10. Lessee to pay all rates, taxes and assessments.

11. Transfer not allowed until completion of two years’ continuous residence, except under extraordinary circumstances, and then only with permission.

12. Roads may be taken through the land at any time within seven years; twice the original value to be allowed for area taken for such roads.

13. Lease is liable to forfeiture if conditions are violated.

Full particulars may be obtained from the Commissioner of Crown Lands, New Plymouth.

W. D. ARMIT,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

(L. and S. 26/18916.)

Settlement Lands in Taranaki Land District for Selection on Renewable Lease.

District Lands and Survey Office,
New Plymouth, 21st July, 1930.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned land is open for selection on renewable lease under the Land Act, 1924, and the Land for Settlements Act, 1925, and amendments, and applications will be received at the New Plymouth District Lands and Survey Office, New Plymouth, up to 4 o’clock p.m. on Monday, 25th August, 1930.

Applicants should appear personally before the Land Board for examination at the New Plymouth District Lands and Survey Office on Wednesday, 27th August, 1930, at 10 o’clock a.m., but if any applicant is unable to attend he may be examined by any other Land Board, or by any Commissioner of Crown Lands.

The ballot will be held immediately upon conclusion of the examination of applicants.

Preference at the ballot will be given to landless applicants who have one or more children dependent on them; to landless applicants who within two years immediately preceding date of ballot have applied for land at least twice unsuccessfully; to applicants who have served beyond New Zealand as members of the Expeditionary Force; to persons engaged on military service beyond New Zealand in connection with the late war, if such persons immediately prior to the war were bona fide residents of New Zealand; to applicants who while domiciled in New Zealand have served beyond New Zealand as members of any of His Majesty’s Forces in connection with any war other than the war with Germany; and to landless applicants in respect of whom the Board, after taking into consideration the experience and skill of the applicants in farming operations, the proximity of their homes to the lands the subject-matter of the ballot, and any other relevant considerations, is of opinion that they should be entitled to preference equally with applicants of any of the hereinbefore specified classes.